Eaves-trough hanger.



l locked.

WATSON BATDORFF, OF CANTON, OHIO.

EAVES-TROUGH HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application filed November 9. 1905- Serial No. 28 6.591-

5 and useful Improvements in Eaves-Trough Hangers;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, and to the numerals and figures of reference marked thereon, in which Figure 1, is a perspective view showing the hanger properly connected to an eaves-trough and locked. Fig. 2, is a transverse section of an eaves-trough hanger, showing the hanger in position to be connected and Fig. 3, is a view showing a portion of the bridge bar and illustrating the connecting or fastening end of the bridge. Fig. 4, is a view showing a portion of the bridge bar and a transverse section of a portion of an eaves-trough and illustrating the plain edge of the eaves trough seated in the groove and the locking or connecting tongue properly bent to connect the hanger and lock the same upon an eaves trough.

The present invention has relation to eaves-trough hangers and it consists in the novel arrangement here-- inafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims. I

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 represents the eaves trough, which of course may be of any desired size, and the section here shown constitutes a portion of one of series of sections to be connected together end to end to constitute an eaves trough of any desired length. The hanger proper consists of the bridge portion 2, which bridge portion spans the eaves trough as illustrated in Fig. 1, and the strap portion 3, which portion is located upon the outer and under side of the eaves-trough. The strap portion 3 is provided with the slot 4, which slot is for the purpose of receiving the connecting tang 5, which connecting tang is of course formed integral with the hanger proper. For the purpose of providing means for easily entering the tang 5 so as to connect said tang to the strap portion 3, said strap portion is provided with the bend 6, which bend is located at such a point that it will bring the upper wall 7 and the lower wall 8 upon opposite sides of the bend 6, by which arrangement the lower wall 8 is located in a different vertical plane from the upper wall 7. The object and purpose of so bending the strap portion is to-provide a means for easily entering the tang 5 when said tang is brought into the position illustrated in Fig. 2, and when in that position a downward pressure of the bridge portion 2 will pass the tang through the slot 4, and allow the groove 9 to come directly above the plain edge of the trough 1. It will also be understood that by forming the bend 6 the portion of the strap located above said bend will be set out or spaced from the outer face of the eaves-trough, thereby providing room for entering the tang between the inner face of the strap and the outer face of the eaves-trough, this feature being best illustrated in Fig. 2. After the tang has been passed downward and through the slotv until the plain edge of the trough has been seated in the groove of the bridge the tang is bent upward, thereby drawing the bridge portion snugly down and in contact with the plain edge of the eavestrough.

It will of course be understood that the hanger is to be provided with the eaves-trough engaging portion 10, which is formed to correspond with the form of the bead and of course embraces the bead when the hanger has been properly adjusted and connected.

For the-purpose of suspending the hanger together with the trough the roof strap 11 is provided, which is of the ordinary form. By forming the hanger as above described and forming the tang 5 of considerable length I am enabled to connect the hanger with the eavestrough sections which vary somewhat in size, but where different sized eaves-troughs are employed as per instance a four inch trough or a six inch trough then in that event the hanger is to be constructed with reference to the size of the trough, but it is well under stood that eaves-troughs of the same dimensions vary somewhat, and by my peculiar construction the hanger .can be properly seated and connected regardless of the slight variations at different points in any given section or any number of sections.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an eaves trough hanger, the combination of bridge and strap portions formed integral and adapted to be connected to an eaves trough, the strap portion of the hanger provided with a slot and a bend, said bend in the strap portion located between the top and bottom walls of the slot, and the upper portion of the strap above the slot extended outward and away from contact with the trough, and a tang formed integral with the bridge portion and adapted to be placed between the trough and the upward extended portion of'the strap and through the slot in the strap portion of the hanger and the tang bent upward upon the outer edge of the portion of the strap above the slot, and a hanger secured to the bridge portion, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

WATSON BATDORFF.

Witnesses D..W. LERCH, J. A. JEEFERS. 

